Exactly!!! One of my closest friends is male and I've known him for 18 years, we had the talk a LONG time ago that we made such GOOD friends that having sex would be so wierd it would totally mess our relationship up. Does he think Im attractive? Yes he does, Do I think he is? Yes I do. Have we seen each other naked? Yes we have...we shared a hotel room together for 3 days in Vegas and Im not a shy woman by any means, plus it wasnt the first time I'd been in a stage of undress around him...did he automatically want to jump on me? No he didnt.
I think you used the key word maleficent, MATURE men and women can.
(Im sorry about your friend
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